North Korea: Kim Jong-un makes economy the priority of his country in his wishes for 2022

In North Korea, the speech this Saturday, January 1 by leader Kim Jong-Un, focused on the economic challenges to be met as the country faces a very strong deterioration of its economy.

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In North Korea, leader Kim Jong-Un's speech this Saturday, which marked just a few weeks in his ten years in power, was not as usual focused on foreign policy, but on the contrary on the economic challenges to note that the country is facing a very sharp deterioration in its economy.

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The year 2022 will be: “ 

 Kim Jong-Un admitted on Saturday that his country had experienced a difficult situation in 2021, a rare admission from a North Korean leader, while the country is experiencing the most important recession in the last twenty years according to the central bank of

.

Kim Jong-Un called for " 

" according to the official North Korean agency.

A country in the throes of a possible famine

In a country totally closed since

, the situation would even become alarming according to various experts who do not hesitate to speak of famine.

The closing of the borders in this country which is not able to guarantee its food self-sufficiency has only amplified a recurring problem.

This crisis is also a consequence of the international sanctions imposed on North Korea because of

and in particular its nuclear program.

Proof that the economic situation is becoming very worrying, Kim Jong-Un did not mention the United States or South Korea during this intervention, and even less the many military projects when usually the North Korean leader does not hesitate. not to praise the advances of his army in this area.

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